Zimbabwe poll results release urged

Regional leaders call on parties to accept results as partial recount is announced.

13 Apr 2008 11:35 GMT

Mugabe's rivals have asked Mbeki, left, to end his policy of so-called quiet diplomacy [AFP]

"[The] summit also urged all the parties in the electoral process in Zimbabwe to accept the results when they are announced."

Vote recount

As the region's leaders discussed the situation, the Zimbabwe electoral commission ordered the recount of presidential and parliamentary votes cast in 23 constituencies.

The state media quoted George Chiweshe, the electoral commission chairman, as saying that ballots would be counted again in the presence of party representatives, candidates and election observers next Saturday.